Skirt-protector.



Patented Feb, 5, I90l.

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(Application filed Jan. 15, 1900.

(No Model.)

UN ire grates PATENT FFICE.

LEONIA MABEE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SKlRT-PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 667,543, datedFebruary 5, 1901.

Application filed January 15, 1900. Serial No. 1,497. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEoNIA MABEE, of the city of St. Louis, in the Stateof Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined Rainy-Day Petticoat and Skirt, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

This invention relates togarment-protectors for protecting womensclothes from rain, mud, &c.; and it consists of the novel construction,combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter shown, described, andclaimed.

Figure 1 is a view of a petticoat which constitutes a part of myinvention. Fig. 2 shows the arrangement of the different parts when thegarment-protector is in use. Fig. 3 is a view showing the supporting-tapes carried by the inner side of the waterproof skirt.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 1 indicates anordinary petticoat, secured to the inner side of which at a suitabledistance from the bottom is a section 2 of waterproof material, which isof a width sufficient to extend to the lower edge of the petticoat, inwhich position it is secured by means of stitches. 3 indicates a sectionof similar material secured to the lower edge of the petticoat on theoutside, the purpose of these sections being to protect the lower partof the garment 1 from all dust, &c., which might be stirred up inwalking. Should either of the sections become worn it may easily beremoved and another substituted instead.

As a means for protecting the outer garments from rain, snow, mud, &c.,I provide an open waterproof skirt 1 6 ofa length slightly longer thanthe outer skirts, and secured to the inside thereof at a suitabledistance from the bottom is a plurality of tapes 17, carrying on theirlower ends the sockets l8. Secured to the waistband 14 of the 'petticoat1 is a plurality of tapes 13, corresponding in number to the tapes 17and carrying on their lower ends the balls 15, the purpose of which isto engage with the sockets 18 when it is desired to protect the outergarments.

When it is desired to wear the entire garment-protector, the Waterproofskirt 16 is worn in the usual manner. The tapes 17 are then broughtbelow the outer skirts which it is desired to protect and are joined tothe tapes 13 by forcing the balls 15 into the sockets 18. This willserve to hold the skirts up out of the mud and prevent the same frombecoming soiled, or otherwise injured, and at the same time thepetticoat l is protected by means of the sections 2 3.

I claim- A garment-protector, comprising an outer waterproof skirthaving a plurality of tapes on'its inner side, in combination with anundergarment having a section of waterproof material secured to thelower edge thereofon the inner side, a separate section of waterproofmaterial secured to the outer side of said undergarment, a plurality oftapes carried-by the waistband of said underg'arment, and means forconnecting the lower ends of said tapes to the tapes carried by thewaterproof'skirt, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEONIA MABEE.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. HIGDON, JOHN D. RIPPEY.

